The Percy Julian Phoenix will challenge the Plainview Bears at 3:15 p.m. on Saturday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Thursday, everything went Percy Julian's way against Wetumpka as Percy Julian made off with a 70-50 win.
Meanwhile, Plainview entered their tilt with New Hope on Friday with 17 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 18. They blew past the Indians 87-58. Given the Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 32nd, while the Indians are ranked 125th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Percy Julian is also on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-12 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.0 points per game. As for Plainview, they pushed their record up to 23-4 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home.
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